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I dare you to try. Name the 50 states in 15 minutes. No help allowed.Now for the easy part.

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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For Luiz Inacio da Silva, Brazil's perennial leftist presidential hopeful, it increasingly looks lik

'We are now the market of last resort for economies in trouble around the world.'

783 (August 14, 1998) Previous day - 780The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Aug. 14, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

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North Korea warned it may be forced to reactivate its nuclear program unless the United States lifts

The price of new ships is tumbling in step with the decline in the currency values of the world's to

IMF: FAST CUTS WOULDAID GREEK INFLATION FIGHTWASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund ur

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ONGOINGAssociation of Ship Brokers and Agents. Applications for home study course, the ''Bas

The Maryland Port Administration named James J. White as acting executive director.He is mov

The continued growth of U.S. apple and pear exports to the Russian Far East is threatened by Russia'

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The California Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld the constitutionality of alternative dispu

Margin compression and greater earnings volatility will be the key long-term consequences of market

Despite prevalent predictions of 5 to 10 percent medical premium increases from 1997-1998, the avera

EXEL Ltd. said its subsidiary, X.L. Mid Ocean Reinsurance Co. - the newly merged reinsurance operati

OPERATING EARNINGS FALLAT SELECTIVE INSURANCEBRANCHVILLE, N.J._ Selective Insurance Group In

Following the announcement last week that Swiss banks have agreed to a $1.25 billion settlement of c

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

The supply-and-demand situation in the eastbound trans-Pacific is so tight during this peak shipping

In about two weeks, delegates from 34 countries in the hemisphere will begin arriving in this city k

As of August 13, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the Dominican Republic have agreed on a free-trade treaty that

While worries mount over trade deficits and Asia's currency crisis, Americans have forgotten about t

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(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 26, 1997 - Aug. 13, 1998 (a graph)

Permanent administrative staffing for the Free Trade Area of the Americas negotiations has been dela

GLOBAL PHONE PRICESUNDER SCRUTINY BY EUBRUSSELS - The European Union will focus an investiga

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

Three years almost to the day since Russia's commercial banks stopped lending to one another, the ba

U.S. trade officials are optimistic that Congress will give its approval this year to a legislative

'We're all holding our breath. Everything is pushed to the limit. It won't take a lot more to push u

The potent mix of trade liberalization, major technological advances and shifting consumer patterns

U.S. exporters of products ranging from high-capacity computers to waste paper are feeling the pinch

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 202.02 off 0.88

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